just fixed in trunk.
On Sep 30, 6:28 am, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > The change of URL(...) from a string to an XML() helper bites me when > I upgrade my old web2py from trunk today. > > I can change my own app's code to adapt the latest URL(...) behavior, > but am just writing to let people know there is one more scenario in > which the new URL(...) breaks code. Here is my favorite code. > > response.menu = [ > [ 'Home', request.url == URL(r=request, f='index'), URL(r=request, > f='index'), [] ], > [ 'About', request.url == URL(r=request, f='about'), > URL(r=request, f='about'), [] ], > .... > ] > > The new URL(...) breaks above code because from now on, > URL(r=request) == URL(r=request) > would NEVER BE TRUE! > > We have to write code like: str(URL(r=request)) == > str(URL(r=request)) > > By the way, I strongly recommend Massimo to contain "link of the > discussion [1]" into hg commit log. That would make reader's life > easier. > > [1]http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_frm/thread/a52007de9a7c5... > > Regards, > Iceberg > > On Aug 20, 9:38 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > There is a problem (in 1.83.2 and earlier version) > > > URL(....) > > > returns a string, not a helper. If you want to include the string > > without escaping twice you have to do > > > {{=XML(URL(...))}} > > > In trunk, I modified the definition ofURLso that it returns the > > XML(..) helper wrapping the string. This will prevent > > > {{=URL(...)}} > > > from double escaping but will prevent you from doing > > > 'http://127.0.0.:8000'+URL(..) > > > you would have to do > > > 'http://127.0.0.:8000%s'%URL(..) > > > we cannot have it both ways. > > > URLis either a helper or a string... The more I think about it the > > more I am convincedURLshould be a helper not a string otherwise all > > the examples in which we use {{=URL(...)}} are buggy. Therefore this > > change should be considered a bug fix and not a breaking of backward > > compatibility. > > > What do other people think? Should we change this as in trunk or leave > > it alone? > > > Massimo > > > On Aug 19, 1:39 pm, Phyo Arkar <phyo.arkarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Trunk version Rev 853 > > > > in view: > > > $("#list").jqGrid({ > > > >url:"{{=URL(r=request,f='listMIME.json',vars={'extracted_path':extracted_pa > > > th,'source_path':source_path})}}", > > > > HTML Result: > > > $("#list").jqGrid({ > > > url:"/sExtract/extraction/listMIME.json?source_path=home*&* > > > ;extracted_path=target", > > > > it insert &instead of & > > > > that screwed up all my sites :D .. > > > > have not tested with released version .. > >